Background:  as I once said to Ben Franklin, "Life is like a fountain."  He looked at me with a confused expression.  I quickly ran to the outhouse before he asked me to explain. That is a good policy for life.  Tell them you suddenly have to relieve yourself and then run.  That will save you a lot of explanation.

Seriously, I wasn't born in 1776 but I think I would have enjoyed it more.  I was born in 1927 in a lovely city called Cernauti in Romania. The "t" had a little virgula under it making the pronunciation  "tz."  Hang with me, I'll teach you geography and history.